For Sale '57' Vauxhall Vectra Estate for sale.

[seth]

We've been let down by a neighbours freind who supposedly wanted this car so we're looking to get rid of it asap as its replacement is coming this week.

 

My In-laws have owned this since it was a year old and it was dealer serviced until a couple of years ago.  Its a 1.8 petrol, only got 56,000miles on it now.  It has a tow bar and was used by them until a  couple of years ago for towing a light folding caravan. I dunno what else, its a modern so it does lots of things as it should I suppose. 

 

Only problems I know about are windscreen washers which are not currently spraying and the air con which was re-charged a year or so back but is not blowing cold again now.  A couple of the tyres were 'advised' on the last MOT which was in January.

 

'We buy any car' have offered £1050 online so it is here, available to a beige forumite for the knock down price of £1000.

 

Sorry, don't have decent photos of it since I generally only take photos of interesting cars.  I'll get some tomorrow. This one is from a couple of years ago and remarkably it still looks like a Vectra even now.

 

 

 

(NB I posted this in the 'open forum' bit as I figured it was not at all shite related but someone moved it here!)

[Cavcraft]

Bren?

[Rusty_Rocket]

^ ^ Was just about to say, isn't this exactly what Bren is after to replace his religious Focus?

 

Also, a low mileage 57 plate (hence brand new) estate for £1k.. that's got to be a bargain! 

[DVee8]

Just what i was about to say^^

[trigger]

When did new cars suddenly get so cheap?

[Ghosty]

These Vectras seem to have a penchant for value dropping faster than a Princess when a sphere fails.

[bub2006]

I really like these vectras. A grand isn't bad at all either.

[Kiltox]

Got any more photos?

 

Swore myself off them after a knackered CDTI cost me dear but I might be swayed

[Shep Shepherd]

In my world, that's more or less a brand new car. Only £5 more than I paid for The Aero, too...

[Bren]

Unfortunately I need a diesel - the only way to experience a vectra is a blocked egr or knackered glow plugs.

 

Surely someone on here is going to have a punt at that money?

[oldcars]

 brand new car for £1000 

[Bear]

TBH if I weren't buying something already, I'd probably have pounced on this for sheer common sense value. These Vectras aren't as grim as the original ones and the estate is a very useful size.

[The Reverend Bluejeans]

When did new cars suddenly get so cheap?

 

 

I passed an 07 plate 3 Series Touring yesterday up for £6495 - I thought how bloody expensive it looked when a perfectly good Vectrum or Mondeo can be had for a quarter of the price.

[gordonbennet]

Thats a bloody bargain, probably the most useful estate you can buy.

 

Sods law decrees when i need another car that nothing like this will be anywhere to be found at the time.

 

Polish up the bodywork stick a plank in the boot, buy a top hat and start up Autoshite Funeral Service.

[egg]

Cambelt status known?

[gordonbennet]

Me 'nd her were talking about this motor just now.

 

So its a bag o' sand to buy, probably cost a bit of time to clear the washer bottle out, or a new pump maybe for what? £20.

Aircon might be a regas for £50 or it might need £500 chucking at it tops.

 

Then she pointed out (cos we're LPG fans) that around £900 to convert this low mileage motor and you'd have a bloody huge 2008 regd estate car thats only covered 56k doing the equivalent of 60mpg fuel costwise, for a total of between £2 and £2.5k, where the fuck could you find that without starship miles or a DPF or some other ticking time bomb waiting to bite you in the arse.

[320touring]

Me 'nd her were talking about this motor just now.

 

So its a bag o' sand to buy, probably cost a bit of time to clear the washer bottle out, or a new pump maybe for what? £20.

Aircon might be a regas for £50 or it might need £500 chucking at it tops.

 

Then she pointed out (cos we're LPG fans) that around £900 to convert this low mileage motor and you'd have a bloody huge 2008 regd estate car thats only covered 56k doing the equivalent of 60mpg fuel costwise, for a total of between £2 and £2.5k, where the fuck could you find that without starship miles or a DPF or some other ticking time bomb waiting to bite you in the arse.

Sounds like a sale to me!

[seth]

Here are some more photos taken today.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

There's a coupe of small dings in the top of the bonnet and the odd light scrape to the paint etc. which I feel is fairly inevitable with elderly ownership...    Interior would benefit from a thorough valet but is presentable enough.

 

I have found a receipt for a cambelt done as part of a major service at 40k miles in 2012.

 

As the replies to this thread would seem to indicate, this is a cheap, very useful car with a decent length MOT so we're not really interested in faffing about.  But we could help with collection/delivery within a reasonable distance and may be able to get it to Manchester soon as well for the price of the fuel (if a deposit was paid beforehand)

[paulplom]

just think if the turbo/egr/dpf/dualmassflywheel went on your diesel Vectra you could have bought this for less than the probable repair costs. I think a modern petrol has a lot going for it. How many miles of petrol could you buy for the price of a dual mass supplied and fitted? I have still recently bought a 2010 leon 1.9tdi because I like the 50 mpg average. I must need my head looking at.

[Partridge]

I still think of a 57 plate car as being brand new!

[Station]

That looks nice, and very cheap!

[bub2006]

I really like this. Looks great in pictures

[Kiltox]

Hope a shiter in need grabs this before I get my hands on the cash I really do - looks like a proper barg even if it is a dirty modern

[hairnet]

fella at work is looking at newer car - will tell him tomoorow

[seth]

Was going to let this drop but since Hairnet has bumped it....

 

This has been SOLD.  The chap who sourced its replacement found a buyer for us.  Thanks for the serious enquiries I received from here though.